Concept information
Preferred term
Heparin
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Heparinic Acid
- Heparin, Unfractionated
- Unfractionated Heparin
Scope note
- A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.
History note
- /therapeutic use was HEPARIN, THERAPEUTIC 1965
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006493
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